Lonnie Calais??Originally Posted by DocMarvin362
Thanks E... I guess that does. I was at Parkway when he won that title in '98 (my senior year) It should have been back to back titles. We were screwed in the bottom of the 9th inning against John Curtis and ended up losing 4-3 in '97. First the batter leans into the pitch BLATTENTLY and get's hit.. the ump gives him first. They call interference on a sure double play ball that would have gotten him out, instead he advances to 3rd a few pitches later on a great sac hit to right, then on a passsed ball, the catcher tags him 5 feet in front of the plate and the ump says that he bobbled the ball and didn't maintain the tag...
That's how Southern LA umpires and officials take care of their own....
Anyways, thanks for that info.. I know that in History class he would only talk about his wife and baseball. I didn't know crap about the civil war or other American History things, but I had gotten pretty damn good at knowing what to do in many baseball situations!!Glad to hear that he's still that same great man. "What you guys wanna do... go play volleyball with the ROTC guys?? Go for it, I gotta game plan to start here"
I only had the luxury of taking his 6th baseball class, which was not a cakewalk. He gave us quizes and tests on baseball!! He would get any injured players to grade his tests and homeworks from his history classes. lol. I remember he scheduled practice during Tech's Humanitarian Bowl. I called in sick that day.
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